Women's Basketball

Blue Knights Hand Farmingdale First Loss

Feb 20, 2010

Blue Knights Hand Farmingdale First Loss

Mount Saint Mary - 68, Farmingdale State - 43

Newburgh, N.Y. – The Farmingdale State
women's basketball team lost their first game of the season as they
fell, 68-43, on the road at Mount Saint Mary. The Rams finished the
regular season 23-1 overall, 17-1 in the Skyline Conference. The
Blue Knights improved to 21-4, 17-1 in the Skyline.

Mount Saint Mary came out firing and used three-pointers from
sophomore Amanda Horvers (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) and senior Catie
Biordi (Beacon, N.Y./Beacon) to run out to a 16-6 advantage.
Farmingdale crept back to within eight (20-12) at the 6:17 mark,
but the Knights answered with a 10-0 run and led 30-12 with 1:16
remaining before the half. Freshman Kate Hartnett (Floral Park,
N.Y./Floral Park) closed out the opening twenty minutes with a
putback layup to give the Knights a 32-13 cushion.

Farmingdale senior Kimberly Blakney (Brooklyn, N.Y./Benjamin
Banneker) brought the Rams back to within 14 in the opening minutes
of the second half, but they would get no closer. The Knights
pushed their lead to as many as 32 went on to a 68-43 victory.

Senior Shannon Sangster (Syracuse, N.Y.) led Mount Saint Mary with
16 points on 8-of-18 shooting. Biordi had 12 points and 8 rebounds,
while Hartnett grabbed a game-high 12 boards to go along with her 7
points.

Mount Saint Mary set the tone early with their defense. The
Knights limited Farmingdale to just three field goals in the first
half (3-of-29, 10.3-percent), and continued the pressure in the
second. The Rams finished the game shooting just 21.0-percent from
the field and 10.5-percent from three.

By virtue of the their first place tie in the Skyline Conference
standings, both teams will receive byes in the opening round of the
conference tournament next week. The Rams and the Knights will host
semifinal games on Thursday, February 25.